Let’s pretend last night never happened, just like the refs pretended that Jonathan Toews actually deserved a penalty shot.

Tonight the Wings take on the Blues in Detroit. It will be the 2nd game of their 2nd straight back-to-backs. We need these two points.

Puck drops at 7 pm on FSD.

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We can beat the Blues. We did it the other night and we will do it again tonight.

How about Nyquist? Imagine what he could do on a line with Pav or Z. DETROIT RED WINGS TEAM NOTES DET is 113-108-37-7 all-time vs STL DET is 65-47-17-3 all-time at home vs STL DET is T-1st in the NHL in home ice goals (70) DET is 4th in the NHL in goals/game (3.22) and 6th in GA/game (2.27) DET is 3rd in the NHL in both shots/game (33.2) and SA/game (27.4) DET is 2nd in the NHL in fewest PIM/game (8.8) DET is 33-22-8-1 all-time on New Year’s Eve DET is 7-1-1 on New Year’s Eve since 2000 DET is 66-3-4 the last 73 times they’ve scored 4+ goals in a game

DETROIT RED WINGS PLAYER NOTES • J. Howard leads the NHL in wins (22) and ranks 6th in GAA (1.99), 9th in SV% (.926) and T-4th in SO (3) • J. Franzen is 2nd in the NHL in PPG (9) and 1st in GWG (6) • N. Kronwall is 4th in the NHL in blocked shots (93) • I. White is 4th in the NHL in +/- rating (+24) • P. Datsyuk is 2nd in the NHL in takeaways (50), T-7th in assists (26) and T-12th in points (38) • P. Datsyuk has tallied 2G-4A-6P in 6 career New Year’s Eve games • H. Zetterberg has registered 2G-4A-6P in 5 career New Year’s Eve games • H. Zetterberg recorded his 100th career NHL assist on 11/24/06 vs STL • H. Zetterberg scored his 1st career OTG on 12/8/02 vs STL (Opposing Goalie: F. Brathwaite) • N. Lidstrom is 8th in the NHL in scoring by a D (8G-15A-23P) and is 3rd in home ice scoring (7G-9A-16P) • N. Lidstrom is currently 3 assists behind P. Esposito for 21st place in NHL history (873) • N. Lidstrom recorded his first career hat trick on 12/15/10 vs STL • N. Lidstrom scored his first career NHL goal (PP) on 10/17/91 vs STL • D. Cleary recorded his 100th career NHL assist on 3/24/07 vs STL • J. Hudler tallied his first career NHL point (assist) on 10/29/03 vs STL

DETROIT IN BACK-TO-BACK GAMES THIS SEASON: Record in 1st Game: 6-3-0 Record in 2nd Game: 5-3-0

DETROIT IN BACK-TO-BACK GAMES LAST SEASON: Record in 1st Game: 11-1-2 Record in 2nd Game: 9-4-1

Discussion of the day: With the depth that the Wings have what do you think will or should happen when Eaves, Holmstrom, Mursak and Conner are healthy? Commodore is stepping up, but Kindl and Smith are both very capable, that gives us 8 solid defenseman. Nyquist is certainly an NHL player, and Conner made his case playing with Helm, Mursak and Emmerton both can’t be sent down. That gives you 16 forwards. What would you do?